Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk 34 RG261, Tuesday 5 July 1949
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Date:Tuesday 5 July 1949
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk 34
Owner/operator:107 MU RAF
Registration: RG261
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near RAF stn Kasfareet (LG.212) Suez Canal Zone -   Egypt
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:LG.212 RAF Kasfareet
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito RG261: Blew up in air near RAF Kasfareet. 05/07/1949 cause unknown
F/Lt (124173) J McCallum killed
P/O (204468) D Parsley killed

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
29-Jan-2014 11:16 Nepa Added
21-Sep-2014 13:47 Froome Updated [Location, ]
26-Jul-2015 09:39 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Phase, Narrative, ]
09-Mar-2019 21:10 Nepa Updated [Location, Phase, Narrative, Operator, ]
04-Aug-2021 10:56 Anon. Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator, ]
04-Aug-2021 10:58 Anon. Updated [Location, Operator, ]
17-Feb-2022 00:21 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator, ]
01-Aug-2023 17:38 Nepa Updated
07-Aug-2023 10:07 Nepa Updated
04-Aug-2025 14:47 Anon. Updated [Narrative, ]

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